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s. A. MICKELS AND AQNEWMAN. FRUIT PICKER. A PPLICATION'HLED JUNE 1?.1918.

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' FRUIT Prensa;

Application filed June 15,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SnLmrA. MIoKnLs and Aiannnw NEWMAN, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and Stateof California;

have invented certain new and usefullmprovem'ents in Fruit Pickers, ofwhich the This invention is an improved horticultural implementparticularly useful for picking fruit and for pruning fruit trees.'

A further objectis to providea cutting mechanism that may be operated'byeither hand of the operator and be extended to the topmost branches of atree'with sufficient cutting power to sever the stemsof fruit ready forharvest.

A; further object is to enclose all the working partsof the implement sothat it will be protected from twigs, leaves and debris of orchards. I I

A further object is to provide an improved implement for pruning trees.

In this specification and the annexed drawings. we disclose ourinvention in the form which we consider the best. but we do not limitour invention to such form because it may be embodied in other forms andit is to be understood that in and by the claims following thedescription herein we intend to cover our invention in whatever form itmay be embodied;

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the operating mechanism.

Figure 2 is an end view of said operating mechanism.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of said operating mechanism taken on1ine 14.--14 of Fig. 1.

Figure 4: is an elevation of one form of cutter. I

Figure 5 is a plan view of the cutter shown in Fig. 4.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of amodified the side wallsof the casing..Aroller" 84; is

.journ'al'ed in the casing over which roller the .chain 7 7 passes andwhich causes the chain? to pull the rod 13strai'ght. Atlink S AT i P A!O 1 C 1- x Specification of Letters, v lure i6, v

85 is connected atone end to the arm 82 and I at its other .end'totheinner end of an oper-- ati'ng lever 86 pivotally' mounted on a pivot 87secured in the casing, and extending through a slot the casing. A fixedarm- 89'extends fromthe casing 80 in alignment with the outer portionofthe operating lever 86. Said .levers '86 and"89 are curved so thatvthe may be readilygra sped ito'" swing the lever 80 to operate theimplement."

- A fork 90'inc1ud1ng prongs 91 and 92 is bolted to the upper end ofhandle in such positionthat the crotch of the f fork rests at topofithehandle," the prong 91 extends straight upfrom the top of thehandle'in' pairallel alignment therewith, and theprong 92diverges'fromthe crotch of the fork away I 80 M from the prong91. An outer guide 93extends at an angle from the outer edgeof the prong 9l.'on'theinner,side of which member a blade 94 is arranged to reciprocatevertically. An inner guide endshear member 95 extends from the prong 91at the crotch of the fork at an angle corresponding. to that of theguide 93and at a distance from said guide sufiicient to allow the blade94 and its depending arm 96 to reciprocate between the guides, saidguides guiding the tivelycut a branch, resting in the crotch of thefork, at an angle.

90 blade at an angle so that the blade may posi- Screws 97 extend Ithrough guide 93 and through a longitu- 1 dinal slot 98 in blade9i andengage a guide plate 99. whereby said plate is held against said bladeand the blade is held against said "guide, thus maintaining the blade instraight reciprocating relation, Afbottom rest 1 00 extends rearwardlyfrom the-crotch of the fork and to the shearedge ofwfl.

said guide and shear member. Aside rest and shear member 101 extendsrearwardly from the inner edge of-the fork prong 92 and upwardlyfrom theapexof the bottom rest 101] The arm'96 is connected to the upper end ofrod 13'. The spring 29 is em ployed in this form of my invention. The

branch is'introduced into the crotch of the fork 90 upon rest 100and'against' rest 101.

The implement is operated to draw'down rod 13 which draws blade 94 andsaid blade I,

N. MILLER. STAMP AFFIXING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, 1917.

Patented J ne .6, 1922-.

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